China plans over 40 space missions in ‘21

BEIJING: China plans to conduct more than 40 space launches in 2021, with the construction of the country’s first space station as its top priority, leading domestic rocket contractor China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp (CASC) said.

In the 2020 Blue Book of China Aerospace Science and Technology Activities issued at a press conference on Wednesday, CASC said parts of the space station, including the Tianhe core cabinet, the Tianzhou-2 and -3 cargo spaceships, and the Shenzhou-12 and -13 manned spacecraft, will be sent into space in 2021.